American Comic Dimensional Trading Device

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Chapter 92 What if he's called Xiang Liu?

“I have already reported this matter to General Eisenhower, but the reply I received was that he already knows about it and has completely handed it over to the Strategic Scientific Corps. He also asked me to express my gratitude to you!” A few days later, in the headquarters of the U.S. First Army, General McGinnis said.

Upon hearing General McGinnis's reply, Josie was completely dumbfounded.

What does this mean? I already know.

"Here's the thing, when Schmidt made his massive withdrawal, the Howling Commandos also participated in the pursuit and interception of Schmidt. Although Schmidt ultimately escaped, they captured his most important subordinate, scientist Arnim Zola. After capturing Zola and interrogating him, they learned about Schmidt's superweapon program. So, if nothing unexpected happens, our Captain America and his comrades, along with the entire Strategic Scientific Corps, may already be in Schmidt's lair." Seeing that Josie still had some doubts, McGinnis explained the details.

After saying that, he looked regretful. After all, attacking Red Skull's lair and stopping his crazy plan was a great achievement. If Josie had told him about it earlier, he might have been able to try.

At this point, Josie was speechless. Was the power of history to correct itself really that strong?

So many things changed, and the timeline was moved forward by several months, but the story still unfolded as originally intended.

However, this is actually a good thing for Josie.

Although he wasted a lot of time and energy preparing this "real" intelligence, the result was the same.

The only question now is whether Captain America can be as successful as he was in the original timeline.

According to Josie, the safest course of action would be for the Allies to directly deploy a large army to encircle the Alps.

However, now that the Strategic Science Legion has been deployed and has adopted the same decapitation tactics as in the original timeline, there is nothing Josie can do.

"Alright, Josh, don't overthink it. They'll succeed. Right now, you should be thinking about whether to come to Austria with me or go to Germany!" Seeing that Josh was still a little worried, General McGinnis patted Josh on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Huh? You're going to Austria?" Josie looked at General McGinnis with some surprise.

“Yes, although Karl Lenner’s coup was successful, their strength is still limited, and there is still a lot of resistance in various places, so they need the help of the Allies. Another very important reason is that the Soviet Union has entered Hungary, so the Allies decided to send my First Army to Austria, while the rest of the main forces continued to advance north to attack Berlin. But to be honest, it will be difficult for us to enter Berlin. Those Siberian bears are moving faster than us!” McGinnis shrugged.

Unlike in the past, when the Yalta Conference led to the early decision to divide Germany, and when Britain and the United States allowed the Soviet Union to attack Berlin in order to preserve their strength, this was different.

The European stepping stones and most of the Ermao region in this world are basically occupied by the Hydra Legion.

With the Austria-Hungary-Romania line now divided up by the Allies and the Soviet Union, the Hydra legions in these two regions have become rootless.

In addition, both countries are located in vast plains, which are very suitable for the advance of the steel torrent.

Without any support, the commanders of these legions are now desperately pushing south, concentrating in the Czechoslovakian region, and launching a frenzied offensive against Austria and Hungary in an attempt to re-establish contact with Schmidt.

In this way, the area of ​​Dianjiaobu and Ermao's territory will be directly vacated.

Seeing this golden opportunity, the Soviet Union not only dispatched some corps into Hungary to intercept them, but also sent more armored forces directly across the Polish-German plain into German territory.

Berlin is only a few dozen kilometers from the border of the stepping stone...

Therefore, with the Soviet Union's relentless and aggressive advance, the Allied forces simply couldn't capture Berlin.

However, they only failed to capture Berlin; in terms of the German territory they seized, the Allies occupied far more.

“Of course, I’d go to Austria. Not to mention that Germany hasn’t been completely conquered yet, even if it were, the specific division wouldn’t be decided in a short time. It’s better to go back to my hometown. To be honest, it’s been more than six years, and my memories of my hometown are a bit blurry!” Josie said with a smile.

Of course, hometown and such are just excuses.

Austria was the original owner's hometown, not Josie's hometown as a transmigrator. Even if she inherited the original owner's memories, she couldn't possibly have much affection for this country.

The main reason he wanted to go was that he had been thinking about Neuschwanstein Castle.

He had promised Margot he would buy the castle as a gift before he came to Europe.

Since Disney's castle is based on Neuschwanstein Castle, once we get our hands on Neuschwanstein Castle, could we charge Disney a copyright fee?

Well, these days it's just wishful thinking. After all, while it's generally accepted that Neuschwanstein Castle is the prototype for Disney's castle, Disney has never admitted it, so there's no way to win this kind of lawsuit.

Instead of wasting time on this lawsuit, you might as well spend the money and buy Disney.

While Disney is a large company now, it cannot compare to its future potential. Its valuation is only tens of millions, which is small change for Josie, who has been making a fortune from war.

Besides Neuschwanstein Castle, Josie had another purpose for going to Austria.

That is to recruit those former Hydra remnants.

Through Ophelia, who has been completely subdued, Josie has gained a considerable understanding of Schmidt's Hydra forces.

This branch of Hydra possesses considerable power and support, especially its intelligence network, which is truly remarkable.

However, with Schmidt's defeat, these people had completely fallen apart.

What was originally one faction has split into three factions.

The first faction is the one led by Ophelia who betrayed Schmidt.

These people were mainly large capitalists from Austria and Bavaria. These people, who controlled a lot of social wealth, naturally wouldn't cling to the Red Skull.

Instead, they transformed themselves into the victorious nation, preparing to take a share of the spoils from the defeated Mustache, and then continue to be their landlords and wealthy landowners in Austria.

The second faction was actually part of the faction that betrayed Schmidt.

It was mainly composed of some local old nobles and some small capitalists.

Unlike the first faction, these people were extremely loyal to Hydra.

Note that they are loyal to Hydra, not Red Skull.

Therefore, they want to rejoin the Council of Nine.

Although they are temporarily cooperating with the first faction, the two sides are not of one mind.

The third faction is simpler: those who are determined to follow Red Skull to the bitter end.

It mainly consists of some Hydra officers and soldiers of lower rank.

However, during the coup d'état of the first faction, this faction was either arrested or killed, or scattered throughout various regions of Austria with some resistance forces, and basically no longer posed a great threat, just waiting to be wiped out by the Allied forces or brought to trial.

What Josie needs to win over are the first and second factions.

As long as these two factions, or even just a part of them, are subdued.

When Josie returns to the United States, she can rightfully take the vacant seat on the nine-person council.

That's right, after careful consideration, Josie decided to join Hydra.

Josie doesn't consider herself a superhero, nor is she some kind of saint with an overflowing sense of justice.

Aside from being slightly taken advantage of in the Whitney affair, there were no conflicts of interest with the Council of Nine.

On the contrary, Josh and the Council of Nine would have much in common on how to use the United States, the newly emerging world's strongest nation, to control the world and seize benefits for themselves.

Given that, why doesn't Josie join them and use their resources to benefit herself?

As for the idea that joining Hydra is equivalent to being a villain...

Stop kidding me. Since his rebirth, Josie has been involved in murder, gangster activities, smuggling, and profiting from war... Any one of these acts would make him a major villain in the eyes of those saintly superheroes.

Would Josie care about that?

Besides, it's hard to say whether Hydra will still be called Hydra a few decades from now after I join it.

What if it changes its name to Xiangliu?

Chapter 93 Prisoners of War

Mid-September 1944, outside Vienna.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A massive army is marching with great momentum along the road.

However, this imposing army was not an Allied force, but rather the captured Hydra legion.

Allied soldiers, riding in cars, armored vehicles, and tanks, marched along both sides of the road. Looking at this imposing army, they were momentarily puzzled as to who was truly the defeated side.

“Look at these guys, even after defeat, they still march with arrogance!” McGinnis said to Josie in the back seat of the jeep, swaying back and forth.

US military officers prefer to sit in the front passenger seat as a matter of habit, so there is no distinction between the front and back seats in the usual official hierarchy.

Josie and her party traveled by plane with General McGinnis to a field airfield outside Vienna, and then, under the escort of guards, prepared to go to Vienna city.

On the way, they happened to encounter a Hydra army of about 100,000 prisoners being escorted by the Allied forces.

"Has the Allied forces decided how to deal with these prisoners of war?" Josie asked thoughtfully, looking at the legion.

“Of course, as per General Eisenhower’s orders, these prisoners will first be screened by the newly formed Austrian Provisional Government to identify the Austrians, and the rest will be sent to the Rhine Camp.” General McGinnis casually remarked, “What? Are you interested in these people?”

“Of course I’m interested. Such a well-trained and orderly team would make a very good group of factory workers, wouldn’t it?” Josie said with a slight smile.

"Hahahaha, that's a classic capitalist statement, but I like it. If you really want it, I'll talk to my subordinates later. Although it's impossible for you to take them all, half shouldn't be a problem. But that's tens of thousands of people. Can you handle it? Don't cause any trouble!" General McGinnis asked.

In fact, for these American soldiers, whether they were German prisoners or Hydra prisoners was not important. Whether they stayed or left was just a matter of a word from the senior generals.

Although the fighting was quite fierce, apart from some Jews, there wasn't much hatred towards the Germans; they were just a drag on the conflict.

Before Josie traveled through time, she had seen an article like this online.

It is said that nearly five million prisoners were held in the Rhine Camp built by the US military, and 750,000 died in just three months.